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Recent Examples of happy talk
All the monsters can go away now or just go hiding under the bed where they’ll conveniently be forgotten amid the coming happy talk for the next eight months.
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Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
There is a lot of happy talk about working together to expand the pie, but the word competition keeps bumping up against the word collaboration.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
There is a lot of happy talk about working together to expand the pie, but the word competition keeps bumping up against the word collaboration.
—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happy talk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happy talk
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Normally, such cross talk is seen as interference, which radios are designed to suppress—especially digital radios with their error-correcting schemes and inherent resistance to low-level noise.
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This came after an exchange of fire in previous days between the US and Iran.
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The district countered with an offer of several months pay in exchange for giving up the right to indemnification, the sources said.
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In his letter, Leo repeated the Vatican's offer of dialogue and said that going through with the consecrations would be counterproductive for the SSPX faithful.
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Because Jenkin films on grainy 16mm and overdubs his actors’ dialogue, said Tim Grierson in the Los Angeles Times, his movies have a disorienting effect.
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More broadly, the technology also reignites debates over how to balance learning efficiency against the risk of cheating.
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The complexity at play in data center debates is often what has prompted moratoriums, with local governments looking for more time to properly take stock of concerns from neighbors and the facts at hand.
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Perhaps because she’s just better socialized than me, Olivia Rodrigo responds with disarming attention to my usual pre-interview small talk.
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The pair initially makes awkward small talk, but when David asks about Cheryl (Erin Richards), his ex-wife, Rachel eventually reveals the reason for her visit.
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“Happy talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happy%20talk. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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